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Don't sell short what those companies did for buyers: they freed them from the gatekeeper of a broker. No disrespect to brokers - they're great for sellers and I happily used one - but the analytics and search and sheer awareness of what was on the market they offered to the home buyer was revolutionary IMHO.
Agreed. While Redfin, Realtor.com, etc didn't cut a realtor out of my RE transactions (1 purchase a decade ago, then 1 sale + 1 purchase last year), they did do a good job showing me what was on the market. And not just at a single point in time (when I was actively shopping), but over years, so I could see neighborhoods that were smaller or had less turnover. While actively searching, the often gave me a heads up as…
Re: The Hot Property That’s Next on Tech’s Agenda: Real Estate
#91How did you go about assessing the evolution of a neighborhood over time? Do any of them have visualization tools specifically for that?